Mole ships open-source Mac cleanup toolkit

The appeal here is obvious: it turns a messy pile of one-off Mac maintenance chores into a cohesive terminal workflow, which is exactly the kind of utility power users and developers keep installed. The risk is also obvious, because tools that delete files need to earn trust, so Mole’s dry-run mode, whitelists, and conservative safety boundaries are the real product, not just the shiny cleanup claims.

• –Combines several categories into one tool: cleaner, uninstaller, analyzer, optimizer, and status monitor
• –Dry-run previews and protected-path rules help reduce the blast radius of destructive commands
• –`mo purge` is especially useful for developers because it targets build artifacts like `node_modules`, caches, and project outputs
• –macOS-first positioning makes it highly practical for Mac-based dev teams, even if it is not an AI-native product
• –Open-source MIT licensing and Homebrew/script installs lower friction for adoption